MPL Philippines S17 Regular Season Posts 17% Viewership Gain

MPL Philippines Season 17’s Regular Season averaged 17% higher viewership than Season 16 and recorded a 19% increase in total watch time. The split began on March 20 and ran for almost two months.

The highest peak came in Week 1, Day 3 when Team Falcons PH beat ONIC.PH 2–1, drawing 662,838 peak viewers. That peak was roughly a 30.37% increase over comparable Regular Season viewership in Season 16.

Team Falcons entered the league after acquiring the slot and roster previously held by Blacklist International. The organization later signed the roster of reigning M5 world champion AP.Bren, a squad it had earlier partnered with. Falcons’ win over ONIC was in the early part of the split. Falcons have not returned to global championships this season.

ONIC.PH appeared in four of the five highest-viewed matches of the Regular Season. Team Liquid PH had two entries in the top-viewed list, with its games against Aurora Gaming PH and ONIC.PH posting peak viewers between about 520,000 and 599,000. The Falcons versus ONIC game was the only Regular Season match to exceed 600,000 peak viewers.

Team Liquid PH and Team Falcons PH finished first and second in the Regular Season standings, losing one and two matches respectively; each team lost once to the other. Both teams advanced directly to the Upper Bracket Semifinals of the Playoffs. ONIC.PH, Aurora Gaming PH, Omega PH Esports and Twisted Minds PH placed third through sixth and moved into the Playoffs Play-Ins. TNC Pro Team and AP.Bren finished in the bottom two and were eliminated from the competition.

The Playoffs are scheduled for May 27–31. The Play-Ins open with ONIC.PH versus Aurora Gaming PH and Omega PH Esports versus Twisted Minds PH. The winner of ONIC.PH–Aurora will face Team Falcons PH next, while the winner of Omega–Twisted Minds will face Team Liquid PH in the Upper Bracket Semifinals.